A work in progress

**sacc51** · 19th March 2015, 06:30 PM

I started making a stand and rest for a grinder today. The grinder I'm using I bought from a swap meet a while back for $12 but haven't used as yet. Rather than have 2 or 3 adjustments for the table I welded the table at a pre-set angle and the table tilt is adjusted by loosening the 12mm bolt, sliding the upright forward and tightening the bolt again. I thought this a better idea than having 2 or 3 adjustments. I still have the other side to do yet as well as a couple of large wing nuts to make for the tilt lock.

I made the frame of 25mm RHS and welded it to the back of the stand with a couple of braces at front for rigidity. When I finish the table for the other side I'll look at scribing marks on the framework so I can get some repeatability on the table angles.

I tried it out this afternoon and all worked well for grinding drills and tool bits only the vibration from the grinder got annoying. In retrospect I think I should have made the frame from duragal RHS for rust prevention.

**KBs PensNmore** · 19th March 2015, 11:00 PM

Nice work, I wouldn't have made it out of duragal, as inside a shed, it would probably last a life time with a decent coat of paint.
Stuff that I make for my shed rarely get even that, maybe a light coat of silver spray if it's lucky.
Kryn

**Briangoldcoast** · 20th March 2015, 06:41 AM

Nice piece of work,

**sacc51** · 20th March 2015, 01:08 PM

Extended the leg for the stand this morning, centre of the wheel is now 1.2m high so no stooping anymore. I also made another couple of tables for it, talk about difficult trying to square them up, anyway for now I'll down tools, off O/S for a couple of weeks.

**Stustoys** · 20th March 2015, 01:23 PM

While I like the idea and most of the execution, is it possible to turn the toolrest 180 so the 25mm sq tube is leaning the other way?(may need a little tweaking of angles). Me being a worrywart on other people projects(and on my own now and then), As is the "load" is trying to undo the bolt(not sure I'd be happy if it was trying to tighten it) . If the rest rotates under load its going to lock against the wheel. If the rest doesnt slide bad things will happen.
I've been know to worry to much

Stuart

**mark david** · 20th March 2015, 01:49 PM

I had the same concerns, it is a very long cantilever to hold with one bolt, could do with an additional support arm from the back to prevent any chance of the toolrest swinging into the grinding wheel.

Originally Posted by Stustoys

While I like the idea and most of the execution, is it possible to turn the toolrest 180 so the 25mm sq tube is leaning the other way?(may need a little tweaking of angles). Me being a worrywart on other people projects(and on my own now and then), As is the "load" is trying to undo the bolt(not sure I'd be happy if it was trying to tighten it) . If the rest rotates under load its going to lock against the wheel. If the rest doesnt slide bad things will happens.
I've been know to worry to much

Stuart

**sacc51** · 20th March 2015, 05:54 PM

I had the same concern to tell the truth, but it is only a 150mm wheel and I'm only grinding small lathe bits, drill bits, etc, not as if I'm doing heavy grinding. I did try it with some aggressive grinding this afternoon, very hard to do on a 6" grind, it just stops. Anyway, had a bit of a think and decided on the option below, just to be safe. Might have a look around for a decent grinder when I get back, something on which the wheels don't wobble side to side would be nice, might be able to balance it then.

Thread: A work in progress

Thread Tools

Search Thread